Sep
02
2021
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Airports
Category Archives for Airports.
Free Airport Meet-And-Greet Concierge Service At Denver Airport
Aug
31
2021
There are premium airport departure, connection and arrival services that you can buy all over the world. Some are offered by airlines, others by airports, and some by third party services. The services can run hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Denver’s airport is actually trialing a meet and greet service to assist passengers with departures, arrivals and connections. And at this point the service is free.
Frozen Chicken Parts Appear At Baggage Claim, Checked Luggage Without A Suitcase
Aug
30
2021
The TSA shared video of frozen chickens and chicken parts, stuck together in a block, circling an airport’s baggage carousel. The chicken wasn’t wrapped or inside of luggage. And there’s no baggage tag apparent in the video.
TSA used the opportunity to make a number of puns, but there’s no security rule against checking frozen chicken as luggage.
Turkey Strikes Deal For Control Of The Kabul Airport
Aug
28
2021
To show just how complicated things are, though, the previous government of Afghanistan had negotiated a deal with a UAE-based group to operate the airport and “[t]he Taliban will need to cut a separate deal with them.”
The deal gets Turkish President Erdogan a bargaining chip with the West, and also helps avoid Turkey being the recipient of refugees (as they are from Syria) and gives them control of the drug trade out of Afghanistan. Put another way, Turkish control over the airport probably makes continued expatriation of Afghans possible while also being a bad result in greater Turkish influence in the region as well as inside NATO.
Gavin Newsom Recalled – In Delta Air Lines Atlanta Airport Announcement
Aug
26
2021
In a prank, someone asked for Delta Air Lines help in recalling Newsom to gate A25 at the Atlanta airport. In the best Bart Simpson tradition, Delta paged “Recall Newsom.”
Will Cuomo’s Departure Save Us From The LaGuardia AirTrain To Nowhere?
Aug
13
2021
Dozens of Port Authority of New York New Jersey are speaking out about the non-sensical plan to build a train to nowhere from New York LaGuardia now that Governor Andrew Cuomo is resigning and it’s safe to do so.
Newark Airport Beer Is Expensive, And Congress Wants Answers
Aug
12
2021
Last week I wrote about airport concessions operator OTG charging $28 plus tax and tip for beer at Newark airport. This clearly violates their lease to abide by ‘street pricing’ rules.
While there’s no longer $28 beers for sale at Newark, four members of Congress want in on the outrage.
40th Anniversary Of The Air Traffic Controllers Strike That Turned The Tide Of U.S. Labor Relations
Aug
04
2021
August 3-5, 1981 were a remarkable set of days in U.S. aviation. The union declared a strike on August 3, 1981 which violated what is now 5 U.S.C. § 7311 prohibiting federal government employees from striking.
President Reagan ordered air traffic controllers back to work, calling their strike a “peril to national safety.” Reagan gave striking controllers 48 hours to return to work or lose their jobs. On August 5, 1981 he fired 11,345 striking controllers.
All Wuhan Flights Cancelled Again As Covid-19 Returns To Where It Began
Aug
03
2021
The original Covid-19 outbreak may have been nearly 40 times worse than official statistics suggest. The Wuhan airport re-opened in early April 2020 as a big show of Chinese success at containing Covid-19. They also put on a big show of disinfection, even though the airport had been closed for ten weeks.
Now they’re facing Delta, and transportation in and out of Wuhan is again cut off.
$28 Beer, $11 Fries, Airport Restaurants Flouting “Street Pricing” Rules To Gouge Customers
Aug
02
2021
Take, for instance, the $27.85++ Sam Adams Summer Ale at New York LaGuardia that also incurs a 10% Covid charge that’s “not a gratuity for employees.”
When called on it the airport concessions company argued that this pricing was a ‘mistake’ but also a better value than they’re being given credit for.
